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Rome’s Inequality Was Bad. But China’s Han Dynasty Was Even Worse
Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...
‘Rare’ lost tomb of Roman gladiator found 2,000 years later in ‘extraordinary’ discovery: scientists
Researchers made the “extraordinary” find while excavating a 1,600-square-foot necropolis — an ancient cemetery with ornate tomb monuments — located near the location of the ancient settlement of ...
A Man Spent 6 Years Searching the Same Farm—and Finally Discovered a 1,900-Year-Old Roman Treasure
A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The ...
The Silent Closure of Rome's Bookstores
It is a decline that makes no noise: small lights that go out and slowly make the city gloomier. Every year, in Rome, an ...
Greek Reporter1d
The Five Ages of Ancient Greece: From Bronze to Hellenistic
Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...
Interesting Engineering2d
2,000-year-old Roman mass grave found beneath soccer field astonishes archaeologists
Archaeologists in Vienna discover a mass grave of Roman soldiers dating back 2,000 years, victims of a brutal defeat against ...
Greek Reporter3d
Explore the Ancient Greek World Through a Revolutionary Digital Map
A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by ...
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs - ANALYSIS: When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they ...
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.